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UK employment: Firms 'report optimism over jobs'

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  • MiserlyMartin
    MiserlyMartin Posts: 2,290 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You talking to me?
    Yes I'm real.
    As real as the optimism displayed by the 2000 firms polled by Manpower.

    You are nuts. Or a multi user name troll I'm not sure which.
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    You are very young and naive - do you really think that a survey can swing the market?

    I've got news for you - it doesn't!!
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Do you live up North, MiserlyMartin?
  • It's anecdotal of course, but I can see it in my firm also.
    After several years of tightening the belt, recruitment stop and expense reduction, we are now back to full steam hiring.

    It sure looks good :)
  • MiserlyMartin
    MiserlyMartin Posts: 2,290 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    MrRee wrote: »
    do you really think that a survey can swing the market?

    I've got news for you - it doesn't!!
    Thats exactly what I was telling you. Now you've just contridicted yourself. I expect you and your pickle pants will post some silly reply. But I've decided you are too stupid to converse with so nothing more from me. Is there an ignore button on here?
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    meanwhile in other news unemployment remains at a 19 year high

    There was always going to be a hike in the jobless figures as we transition from a public sector led economy to a more sustainable private sector led economy.

    The private sector doesn't have too much capacity for the creation of 'non-jobs' that the public sector has demonstrated, though the jobs will add to the UK GDP by creating new wealth (especially in the export driven private sector) rather than moving existing wealth around the economy via different government departments and different government employee's pay packets.
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I guess we have a mis-match between the skills which are needed and the skills which are on offer?

    Our Company is desperate, desperate, for Engineering Graduates - we are paying them a £2500 Golden Hello!!

    The starting salary isn't great at £50k - but there is a final salary Pension - 33 days leave and Flexitime .......

    We are practically begging .............
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    MrRee wrote: »
    Hope it turns up for you Jimmy me lad ....

    Im alright, i secured 8 months work a couple of weeks ago.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    Jimmy, Jimmy....we KNOW it's grim round your way. No need to remind us.

    But Mr. Ree was painting a UK-wide picture, which looks amazingly positive. :T

    Thanks for the heads up, Mr. Ree!

    Yes its just my estate that is on its ar5e, the rest of the north is proper booming.
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    Im alright, i secured 8 months work a couple of weeks ago.

    Told you it was looking up!
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
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